Tag Archives: music

A D.C. dance company is using the music of Sufjan Stevens to reflect on the last two years in a new show at Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mount Rainier. Continue reading

A new free underground music station on the Route 1 corridor plays eclectic music around the clock from a vinyl collection of songs you probably won’t hear on the radio. Continue reading

A new studio space in Riverdale Park offers musicians a WeWork-like membership for places to practice as well as musical equipment. Continue reading

More restoration work has been done on the historic music hall on 41st Avenue in North Brentwood, including the addition of a new sign, exterior lighting and a barber’s pole. The site was once frequented by the likes of Duke Ellington and Pearl Bailey. Continue reading

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Posted on by Alison Beckwith

When Route 1 Was a D.C. Hotspot for Live Country Music and Rock ‘n’ Roll

From the 1930s to the 1970s, a section of the Route 1 corridor from Mount Rainier to Brentwood was a live country music and rock ‘n’ roll hotspot for the D.C. area with the likes of Patsy Cline, Jimmy Dean, and Roy Buchanan passing through. Continue reading

The Hyattsville Wire met up Friday with local band Grey Wulf to record this rendition of Johnny Nash’s “I Can See Clearly Now.” Continue reading

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